After a collision with another vehicle, a car crashed into the steps of the Ocean Pines library on Saturday morning, Sept. 10, destroying a bench and guard rails leading up the front steps of the building.

Lt. Greg Schoepf with the Ocean Pines Police Department described the incident as the driver's battered vehicle was being towed from the scene.

"It was an elderly woman who was turning at the same time as another guy in the lot," Schoepf said. "She sideswiped him and seems to have just kept going."

Despite some property damage and extensive damage to the woman's vehicle, Schoepf said no one was injured during the incident. However, one bystander narrowly avoided the vehicle.

A vehicle involved in a car accident at the Ocean Pines library.(Photo: Staff photo by Gino Fanelli)

"When it happened, there was a guy sitting on the bench," Schoepf said, pointing toward the long, black skid marks leading to the bench and up the stairs. "He must have just seen her coming out of the corner of his eye, but he's real lucky he got out of the way in time."

Schoepf said that alcohol is not suspected to have played a factor in the incident and no charges have been pressed against either party involved. However, Schoepf stated Worcester County Sheriffs are currently investigating the incident.

"It's just one of those things," Schoepf said. "We're just glad no one's hurt."